Podcast Episode · What Next | Daily News and Analysis · September 29 · 33m

Trump has so badly damaged the Republican Party’s brand that strategists are contemplating bitter fights—and losses—in races they’d been banking on as sure things.

The United States is losing the conflict, stoking chaos in the region, and inviting economic calamity—all with no end in sight.

The historic political failures of the GOP have even created openings in reliably red states.

Hong, a democratic socialist running for Wisconsin governor, is getting attention for social media posts calling for canceling Thanksgiving and abolishing police.

The region had been preparing for another escalation after Washington and Tehran made new threats.

A new round of US bombing will only reinforce the dynamics pointing to an American loss—but that wouldn't prevent the president from adopting still more destructive measures.

Background Briefing goes far beyond the headlines and deep under the radar to bring forward truths unheard elsewhere in American media. Background Briefing features international and national news, ex

An expensive, ruinous conflict resumes for no other reason than one octogenarian narcissist’s inability to face reality.